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From:
Irene McC
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Thu, 27 May 1999 20:29:18 +0200
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Re: (idm) minimal linguistic play
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On 27 May 99, Philip Sherburne wrote re: (idm) minimal linguistic play:
quoted 1 line what's the german word for something like this? aufgehaben?> what's the german word for something like this? aufgehaben?
Appealing? something like "reizend", while appalling has a rather wide number of possibilities. "Entsetzlich" comes to mind. Certainly none that I can think of that would be as punnishly similar as the two English words. Aufgehaben? Go back to German 0.1 and don't pass go! :-) I * ~ you can also mail me at <lime909@hotmail.com>